Building the UNLOAD job

After you specify the UNLOAD utility settings, you must build the job.

About this task

When you build the job, Db2 Automation Expert constructs JCL for a job that executes the UNLOAD utility.

The Build Job window, shown in the following figure, is displayed when you have finished entering UNLOAD options:

Figure 1. Build Job window

              Build Job for PDUSER.ARCHIVES_V11                    
                                                                         
    Edit Generated Job     Y           (Yes/No)                          
    Schedule Job   . . . . N (Yes/No)  Update options . . N (Yes/No)     
                                                                         
    Build job in Data set  TWUSR.DAT.TEST                                
                 Member    UNLOAD1                                       
                                                                         
    Job Cards:                                                           
 ==> //JOBCARD JOB TWUSRA,CLASS=A,NOTIFY=&SYSUID                         
 ==> //*                                                                 
 ==> //*                                                                 
 ==> //*

The following describes the fields in the Build Job window:

Edit Generated Job: Type Y if you want to edit the job after it has been generated. The job appears in an edit session after it has been generated.
Schedule Job: Type Y in the Schedule Job field to indicate that the resulting JCL job is to be scheduled to the Db2 administrative task scheduler. Entering Y in the Update Options field and pressing Enter displays a panel to define Db2 administrative task scheduler options.
Build job in Dataset: Enter the fully qualified data set name (without quotes) where you want to save the generated job. This data set must exist and can be sequential or a PDS. In online mode, this data set will hold the generated utility job. In batch mode, this data set will hold the batch JCL to generate the utility job.
Member: If the data set to hold the generated job is a PDS, enter a member name for the job output here. If the member does not exist, Db2 Automation Expert will create it.
Job Cards: Enter a valid job card for your site on any of the four Job Card lines. Job card information can be provided as standard JCL or another compatible control language.